Nana Mouskouri's Quotes
Born: 1934-10-13
Profession: Musician
Nation: Greek
Biography of Nana Mouskouri
The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.
Tags: Everybody, Happen, WonderfulThe secret is to cook the aubergines the day before and let them dry of all the oil they drank in cooking. When you cook aubergine, they eat a lot of oil. It can be very heavy.
Tags: Cooking, Eat, SecretThere were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
Tags: Son, Strange, TimeI do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.
Tags: Happiness, Sad, SadnessI like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.
Tags: Confused, Thinking, TiredIf I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
Tags: Afraid, Happy, SadEvery time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
Tags: Attention, Everybody, TimeFor my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.
Tags: After, Medical, VoiceHow you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
Tags: Best, Decide, LookedI thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.
Tags: Country, Language, ThoughtMy energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do.
Tags: Energy, Living, ReasonMy friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me.
Tags: Food, Friends, SoulOnce I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.
Tags: Book, Silence, SpeakUNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.
Tags: Done, Life, RewardingWhen I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.
Tags: Life, Questions, SongsWhen I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.
Tags: Care, Love, WorkWhen I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.
Tags: Ugly, Wonderful, YoungWherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they don't save it.
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I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing.
Tags: Friends, Husband, Rather